Microscopy images of bacteria strains, one, top, producing fimbriae as normal and one with high level of MEcPP unable to produce the fimbriae. If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different environments ...

New research by food scientists suggests that certain nanoplastics may make foodborne pathogens more virulent. (Nanowerk News) Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can ...

Chlorine dioxide disinfectant may provide an effective solution for mitigating the risks of biofilm formation and bacterial growth in dental unit waterlines (DUWLs), according to a study published on ...

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Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...

Microplastics have officially entered your food chain — and they might be transforming bacteria into superbugs. A University of Illinois study found that certain charged nanoplastics can boost the ...

Clusters of nanoplastics (red arrows) bind to E. coli O157:H7. Award winning image by Jayashree Nath, first author of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study. Banerjee’s team found that ...